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The Coming of the End
Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Punishment for Wickedness Foretold
Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me saying,
Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me saying,
“Son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says to Israel:
“The end is here!
Wherever you look —
east, west, north, or south —
your land is finished.
“The end is here!
Wherever you look —
east, west, north, or south —
your land is finished.
“And you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel, ‘An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land.
No hope remains,
for I will unleash my anger against you.
I will call you to account
for all your detestable sins.
for I will unleash my anger against you.
I will call you to account
for all your detestable sins.
‘Now the end is upon you, and I will send My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and bring all your abominations upon you.
I will turn my eyes away and show no pity.
I will repay you for all your detestable sins.
Then you will know that I am the LORD.
I will repay you for all your detestable sins.
Then you will know that I am the LORD.
‘For My eye will have no pity on you, nor will I spare you, but I will bring your ways upon you, and your abominations will be among you; then you will know that I am the LORD!’
“This is what the Sovereign LORD says:
Disaster after disaster
is coming your way!
Disaster after disaster
is coming your way!
“Thus says the Lord GOD, ‘A disaster, unique disaster, behold it is coming!
The end has come.
It has finally arrived.
Your final doom is waiting!
It has finally arrived.
Your final doom is waiting!
‘An end is coming; the end has come! It has awakened against you; behold, it has come!
O people of Israel, the day of your destruction is dawning.
The time has come; the day of trouble is near.
Shouts of anguish will be heard on the mountains,
not shouts of joy.
The time has come; the day of trouble is near.
Shouts of anguish will be heard on the mountains,
not shouts of joy.
‘Your doom has come to you, O inhabitant of the land. The time has come, the day is near — tumult rather than joyful shouting on the mountains.
Soon I will pour out my fury on you
and unleash my anger against you.
I will call you to account
for all your detestable sins.
and unleash my anger against you.
I will call you to account
for all your detestable sins.
‘Now I will shortly pour out My wrath on you and spend My anger against you; judge you according to your ways and bring on you all your abominations.
I will turn my eyes away and show no pity.
I will repay you for all your detestable sins.
Then you will know that it is I, the LORD,
who is striking the blow.
I will repay you for all your detestable sins.
Then you will know that it is I, the LORD,
who is striking the blow.
‘My eye will show no pity nor will I spare. I will repay you according to your ways, while your abominations are in your midst; then you will know that I, the LORD, do the smiting.
“The day of judgment is here;
your destruction awaits!
The people’s wickedness and pride
have blossomed to full flower.
your destruction awaits!
The people’s wickedness and pride
have blossomed to full flower.
‘Behold, the day! Behold, it is coming! Your doom has gone forth; the rod has budded, arrogance has blossomed.
Their violence has grown into a rod
that will beat them for their wickedness.
None of these proud and wicked people will survive.
All their wealth and prestige will be swept away.
that will beat them for their wickedness.
None of these proud and wicked people will survive.
All their wealth and prestige will be swept away.
‘Violence has grown into a rod of wickedness. None of them shall remain, none of their people, none of their wealth, nor anything eminent among them.
Yes, the time has come;
the day is here!
Buyers should not rejoice over bargains,
nor sellers grieve over losses,
for all of them will fall
under my terrible anger.
the day is here!
Buyers should not rejoice over bargains,
nor sellers grieve over losses,
for all of them will fall
under my terrible anger.
‘The time has come, the day has arrived. Let not the buyer rejoice nor the seller mourn; for wrath is against all their multitude.
Even if the merchants survive,
they will never return to their business.
For what God has said applies to everyone —
it will not be changed!
Not one person whose life is twisted by sin
will ever recover.
The Desolation of Israel
they will never return to their business.
For what God has said applies to everyone —
it will not be changed!
Not one person whose life is twisted by sin
will ever recover.
The Desolation of Israel
‘Indeed, the seller will not regain what he sold as long as they both live; for the vision regarding all their multitude will not be averted, nor will any of them maintain his life by his iniquity.
“The trumpet calls Israel’s army to mobilize,
but no one listens,
for my fury is against them all.
but no one listens,
for my fury is against them all.
‘They have blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but no one is going to the battle, for My wrath is against all their multitude.
There is war outside the city
and disease and famine within.
Those outside the city walls
will be killed by enemy swords.
Those inside the city
will die of famine and disease.
and disease and famine within.
Those outside the city walls
will be killed by enemy swords.
Those inside the city
will die of famine and disease.
‘The sword is outside and the plague and the famine are within. He who is in the field will die by the sword; famine and the plague will also consume those in the city.
The survivors who escape to the mountains
will moan like doves, weeping for their sins.
will moan like doves, weeping for their sins.
‘Even when their survivors escape, they will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, each over his own iniquity.
Their hands will hang limp,
their knees will be weak as water.
their knees will be weak as water.
‘All hands will hang limp and all knees will become like water.
They will dress themselves in burlap;
horror and shame will cover them.
They will shave their heads
in sorrow and remorse.
horror and shame will cover them.
They will shave their heads
in sorrow and remorse.
‘They will gird themselves with sackcloth and shuddering will overwhelm them; and shame will be on all faces and baldness on all their heads.
“They will throw their money in the streets,
tossing it out like worthless trash.
Their silver and gold won’t save them
on that day of the LORD’s anger.
It will neither satisfy nor feed them,
for their greed can only trip them up.
tossing it out like worthless trash.
Their silver and gold won’t save them
on that day of the LORD’s anger.
It will neither satisfy nor feed them,
for their greed can only trip them up.
‘They will fling their silver into the streets and their gold will become an abhorrent thing; their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetite nor can they fill their stomachs, for their iniquity has become an occasion of stumbling.
They were proud of their beautiful jewelry
and used it to make detestable idols and vile images.
Therefore, I will make all their wealth
disgusting to them.
and used it to make detestable idols and vile images.
Therefore, I will make all their wealth
disgusting to them.
The Temple Profaned
‘They transformed the beauty of His ornaments into pride, and they made the images of their abominations and their detestable things with it; therefore I will make it an abhorrent thing to them.
I will give it as plunder to foreigners,
to the most wicked of nations,
and they will defile it.
to the most wicked of nations,
and they will defile it.
‘I will give it into the hands of the foreigners as plunder and to the wicked of the earth as spoil, and they will profane it.
I will turn my eyes from them
as these robbers invade and defile my treasured land.
as these robbers invade and defile my treasured land.
‘I will also turn My face from them, and they will profane My secret place; then robbers will enter and profane it.
“Prepare chains for my people,
for the land is bloodied by terrible crimes.
Jerusalem is filled with violence.
for the land is bloodied by terrible crimes.
Jerusalem is filled with violence.
‘Make the chain, for the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence.
I will bring the most ruthless of nations
to occupy their homes.
I will break down their proud fortresses
and defile their sanctuaries.
to occupy their homes.
I will break down their proud fortresses
and defile their sanctuaries.
‘Therefore, I will bring the worst of the nations, and they will possess their houses. I will also make the pride of the strong ones cease, and their holy places will be profaned.
Terror and trembling will overcome my people.
They will look for peace but not find it.
They will look for peace but not find it.
‘When anguish comes, they will seek peace, but there will be none.
Calamity will follow calamity;
rumor will follow rumor.
They will look in vain
for a vision from the prophets.
They will receive no teaching from the priests
and no counsel from the leaders.
rumor will follow rumor.
They will look in vain
for a vision from the prophets.
They will receive no teaching from the priests
and no counsel from the leaders.
‘Disaster will come upon disaster and rumor will be added to rumor; then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but the law will be lost from the priest and counsel from the elders.
The king and the prince will stand helpless,
weeping in despair,
and the people’s hands
will tremble with fear.
I will bring on them
the evil they have done to others,
and they will receive the punishment
they so richly deserve.
Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
weeping in despair,
and the people’s hands
will tremble with fear.
I will bring on them
the evil they have done to others,
and they will receive the punishment
they so richly deserve.
Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
‘The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with horror, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. According to their conduct I will deal with them, and by their judgments I will judge them. And they will know that I am the LORD.’”